Windows 11 users can now manage RAR archives natively, with no need for third-party software or questionable archive "unpackers." Windows 11 22H2, the past year's last major...

Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library::undefined

  • @RageAgainstTheRichEnglish
    21•11 months ago

    Would that really be safe though? I wouldn’t want everything to unzip without checking first what’s inside.

    • CethinEnglish
      5•11 months ago

      I don’t think it’s in any way unsafe, unless something is very wrong with the in-archiving software, in which case viewing it would likely have the same vulnerability. Files existing I don’t think can cause any harm, again without some severe vulnerability somewhere along the chain. Running them is the issue.

        • CethinEnglish
          0•11 months ago

          I don’t think zip bombs have been an issue for a long time now. That was an issue with archiving software that has been solved I think, unless you use bad software.